Signal-printing means for calculating-machines.



1 V v my l r LOTTERHARD FILED MAY 914.

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ted Jan. 1916.

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To 575 whom it mag concern Be it known 1, Jason C. LOTTIERI-IAED,citizen of the edited States, and resident of New York city, in thecounty of New York and State of New York, ha ve invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Signal-Printing Means for Calculating Machines,of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object to provide. means in a calculating.n'iachine, for cruising; the signals or special eesignating characters,such a total, or a sub-total, or a non-add, or a non-print, to beprinted in a color dilierent from the number or matter to which itreiates, and adjacent which it is placed, Heretotore, in machines ofthis ci'iaracter, sometimes the items are printed in one color, and thetotal, or the sub-total is printed in a diilerent color; and in suchcase a special signal to indicate the total or sub-total, is printed inthe same color in which the total or sub-total is printed, and whichtherefore, different from the color in which the items are printed,

In the present invention, both the items, and the special matter orresults, such the total. or suh'total, are all printed in one color;while the signals or designating characteri: printed in a colordifferent from that off hoth the items, and the total or the sub-totaLThis invention eqpecially designed for use in connection with the meansprintactuation of the soecial key, and )revi.ous to any operation of thehandle or the operating member of the machine; which means forms thesubject matter oi? United States Patent No. 1,092,497 granted to theApril 7th, 191%.

In the accompanying drawings, representing one cinhooiment of myintention, ure )1 is a plan View of a portion of an acidwith inventionDied thereto; l i

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tented Jan. 4,, 1916.

i the :1 strike the positioned type of its correspond ing rack and typeplate to "effect the impression on the platen. By this means a row offigures will be printed in a horizontal line on a record sheet on theplaten in the usual manner, and it isdesirable to print the specialcharacter or signal adjacent this numeral, preferably at one side, suchas the right hand side, as is done in the con The hammers 9 are shown asall mounted to turn on a cross shaft 10; see Figs l and supported ateach end, and each provided with an energizer lever 11 having contacts12 and 13 for engagement with the rear edge of the corresponding hammer,these leyers swinging on a'stationary shaft 14, and retracted by aspring to swing hammer is 15 at the lower end of th lever the lever andto cause the hammer to strike, when the hammer has been retracted.

Cooperating with each hammer is a trigger 16, mounted on a suitableshaft 17 to swing thereon to cause a hook 18 on each ti or to engage atip 19 COUHGCtQd with its hannner 9. The snait tor the trigg ers umounted on a pair of swinging levers last on an operating" shaft 21, bywhich the levers are swung to shift the posit-ion of the shaft 17 andthereby bodily move the hack and forth. A spring 22 connects each with asuitable fixed plate to swing the triggers and bring the hoot; to thetip 19. But when the i the shaft 17 rearward carry 'I an a on each A, acar 2-1 wilt swim against t'ie iorce of the r trip the hook from th tip,moved the hammers r and placed their tension, and when with an it rearis shown a, platen'G and e. rs connected with of the trigger .f itshoot;

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g e tt -s. ontleo. with e etl to es I) by means of bent lever 1e melt21ml type piste em 3? nioumetl on the When the shalt 21 1s sw;

.n :38 connected W'th h" and type 1 her will permit oe elevated by sons.g Each real; me bar has si'litshle g iihles ll and 492 g on posts 43, inwhich is placed the l that will elevate the lilOli tree to D'IUVGiipmii'zl,

.1 1 3 L Jo l. c LSltl her travels upward the rack and ty 0 plate willhe thus drawn upward until foot engages it step as that may h ve beenset by a key, when the rack and plate is arrested with a, type in the.Iting position opposite the hsiniineithat corresponds with the hey[leper The side he is shown connecter on a crank shaft .1 o by a henoleThis shaft 1 extends ss the mm chine and carries on the opposite Fltci'snlt 101, see Fig. :2 that operates at si her i l: similar to theside bill iil'll' if;

A cts shaft 521 with the sills lfitl e tieens are also pro iietl for n ioperation ofthe printing lie-miners, when. the rack and type plates areelevated to actu- 2th: "the adding mechanism, which is known I thenewsprint operation n e be: carried by :i otecl levers 53, that lie s16. This bar is more" ti'iggers Will not be thus their upward. movementooniiecte l with one of these to the and. is provided l to he engagedlflf t is, extends with an ear stop arm 2 the llltCl slit" hold the be?52 tin ""event then rising when move ups/em {UK s will 0t swing and t"OWE in Fig. 513 on e gage the lug to holcl the Lei 6 l ttter movementis limited rest-Ward its full distance.-

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memes the or; 11k is tulle; ieerwerclly l that'will serve t shaft 0;.

link sei'ves to swing crank 62. to rev l at on the tormfitl movement ei'side beset. by the operating hsnclle in normal operation of the machine.Total 85 is shown. that is yerticeliy sliclmble carries 2 lug 66arranged to engage the when the hey is depressed. ihe bar all iiiclinedlug or cam 59 111 11023711- l position with the spring G l 1111f I? c ASiO iIGd iinlt 62 1 subtotal. liey 6? provide/ti heyi i em. 68 arrangedto engage the he; -30 m 4 tlepi'ess it, whereby the her wili the 59clisengege'the 66, thereby permitt the spring (34 to draw the m: iesrweuig t by a stop 59 the leer. A third key i0 which mejfhe t11011-ztil key, is vertically slicleble to hem stop 'Z'l engage the hair0 to swing release it from the stop 66; and the i'eerwnral movement islimited by suitabie stop 72, Thus the stops of t 1e keys 67 and 70 arerelzw tively posi 'oned whereby "the latter wil permit greaterl'ealwllltl movement of th' her 60; it being understood that depres sionof the key will not permit any 7c Wsrcl movement of the bar. foiu'thkey. T3 shown that maybe the non-print key", he ing it stop 74: artsigecl to strike the l an swing it down to disengage the stop Pu no limitabutment is provided for stop let, whereby the has 60 can be moved willhe umiet stoocl that these four keys will each swi the he: downward,seal that three of th will permit rearward movement of the h for Lili'etent distances, respectively, while the fourth key will not permitI(-3&].W&( /Vhen the bar has been shifted ieerweidly, the next epeietienthe t sting member and creel; l5 will ceus link 62 to swing the 60forward n causing the cam stop 59 to reingege t A 66 to lock the bar inits normal forward om sition. It will he understood tl at the operstionat any one of these keys will shift the her 69 leillwlflll to rock theshaft it different distance. i l hen the hon-print hey t pressed, theshaft will be melted "n12 mum o istsmce, and. this will be eiiecti movethe stop arm 56 rem-ward :1 H18. 1 distance to lock the arm 54 and leclt1e triggers out of position for eng the hammers.

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4;) normally 5 the final (10v shaft and barwill latch non-mid ch .1165to bhe 051m which case pod.

be trip )5 operatlofi 0" pawl 89. On the platen is 50 that is engaged by10 return slireke of the 'platen. Since t he Gene before the 15described my invention Wilillj w z: eilleulnlzer having ghe usualaccuinnla 7 ng and printing i'neszms, e main operatfer (l K111351113errzangerl to set, up on t e normal operation 0 (l syeeial keys adaptedto tiens of the eceun'miaiii s or of both, on opera ten. in eperarfiingdevice, the eembine- :11 p rinting means cenneeped with special. keysand organized. and eensirueteel in be operated t0 print 2L signal atonce upon the depression of the special key and previous in theoperation-0f the said main operating device that effects the special Opaeration of the machine according to the spe eial key depressed, atwo-color ribbon device, )llS for automatically eentrolling the r bbondevice signal chm.

'0 cause the semi L0- be }'.llll1iil?l H1 one color and to cause r; enmore to have the saie ilLlJilCGDi;

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JASON Ci :AND

ILLIAM CAROL Roman.

